Students at Rohan Woods School have been very busy in the science lab lately…
JK
- read Kitchen Chemistry Kal and Lindy Light from the Quirkles book series
- used chemistry to make homemade ice cream
- learned about light and created shadow puppets
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
SK
- observed plant adaptations and compared and contrasted different plant
- learned how to use a double pan balance to find the mass of an object
- experimented with the concept of objects have the same mass whether in one piece or in many
- estimated mass
- created bar graphs and analyzed data
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
1st
- started unit on rocks and minerals
- identified properties of minerals and classified them based on similar properties
- experimented with the concept that rocks are made of minerals, but minerals are not made of rock
- identified rocks on the RWS campus
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
2nd
- took quiz over plant unit
- started unit on states of matter
- identified the properties of the different states of matter
- experimented with different items to determine whether they are solid, liquid, or gas
3rd/4th
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
- continued study of land and water interactions, specifically looking at erosion and depositions, tributaries, and water flow
5th
- continued to study Earth’s resources
- experimented with oil spills and best practices to clean them
- examined parts of soil and what their properties are
- hypothesized about how plants/grasses help soil and experimented with their relationship to demonstrate that plants help with stopping erosion
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
6th
- started unit on magnets
- learned about the properties of magnets
- explored geographic vs. magnetic north
- created compasses and used them as guides on a scavenger hunt
- experimented with beeswax and made beeswax lip balm
5th Health
- continued study of nutrition
6th Health
- started unit on the nervous system